Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-09
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITOL.

Matters of Interest Pertaining to the
 State Legislature-The Long Session
 of This Tear-What Helped to Pros
 long the SItting-PrObably No Ad-
 journment Before the First of May
 The Storrs Agricultural SchOOl-The
 Weekly Payment B1lI.
 HARTFORD, April 8, 1887.
 Special to the JOURNAL AND CoURIERl
 When is the legislature going to adjourn? This is question which has been asked and reasked from one corner of the State to the other, but no matter to whom it was pro- pounded the answer of 'I am sure I can't correctly say" would invariably be the result. It was thought week ago that two weeks more would be sufficient time to finish up the States lawmaking. Yesterday it was the general opinion among the State fathers that the Capitol will not be closed until May 1. The legislature has been very talkative one and it is owing principally to the long windy discussions that the business of the session was delayed. The consideration of the work of the adoption of the revised stat utes will call for more debate and much time. This measure of course demands careful con- sideration. It is to be hoped, however, that the 2Oth of April will see the lawmakers ploughing in their fields and planting their spring crops, and not at the Capitol engaged in some windy, partly useless and unnecessa- ry debate. What has the legislature of 1887 done? This is another question of frequent occurrence. This can be better answered in few weeks.
 Representative Kendrick, of Wallingford, is still working hard to have the Storrs agricul- tural school removed to the Oneida Communi- ty farm at Wallingford. He has able abettors in the persons of the gentlemen of the com mittee appointed by the Wallingford towns people and Secretary of State L. M. Hubbard and his brother representative Mir. Mix. The committee on agriculture will visit the pro- posed new site sometime this week when a careful investigation of the property will be made. It is said that it can't be found other wise than satisfactory for the purpose of an agricultural school The opposition to the removal claim that there is no sufficient req son for the removal. They say the school is admirably located at Mansfield, and is in good working condition. The school was established there they argue after contro versy extending over several years and a change of location would be foolhardy. Rep resentative Hendricks side, which, by the way, has put forward the stronger argument, claims that the place is unfit for the purpose it is for and is situated in an out-of-the-way place with no railroad or telegraphic connec- tion. The report of the committee on agri- culture before which the arguments were made is awaited with much interest. It will probably be made next Wednesday.
 The testimony in the Litch6eld county seat case was finished Tuesday afternoon ard the arguments were made yesterday. Hon. Lynde Harrison's was strong and able piece of oratory. This hearing has been one of the most protracted and largely attended of the session. A prominent resident of Barkham- sted said today: "Litchfeld has been our county seat, but since the advent of railroads other places have become more accessible Winsted is easily reached from the Barkham- sted section of the county and New Milford from another, hence the proposition to divide the honors between them. It is folly to erect two county houses, or to make two half shire towns. Torrington is easily reached from the northern and southern parts of the county, and as the outlying sec- tions east and west can strike the railroads easily it will accommodate them also. The people of Barkhamsted would favor Winsted, of course, so far as their in terests go, but all do not relish the idea of two places in which to transact county busi ness."
 Henry L. Goodwin, the investigator and rectifer of the accounts of the Consolidated railroad, is daily seen about the Capitol lob bies. He has been familiar parsonage to the legislators for years. When ex- member of the legislature meets an active member the question invariably is put whether Goodwin" still haunts the room of the railroad committee. The reply is always in the affirmative. Not at all discouraged by being sat upon on Tuesday last he says he will keep on fighting the Consolidated as long as he lives. Truly his persistency is great.
 The merits of the weekly payment bill which passed were freely discussed about the Capitol yesterday. The concurrent ac- tion of the House sends the bill to Governor Lounsbury for approval. The principal fea- ture of the contest in the House was on the question or the fairness of subjecting corpo- rations to law which was not imposed upon private firms or individual employers. It was evidently the sentiment of the House that it would be fair to do so, but the argu- ment prevailed that interference with the right of private contract would be uncon- stitutional It is a measure that can be carried out with very little trouble to employers and will give such of the workingmen as are able, by thrift, op- portunity to take advantage of cash transac tions. To those who are shiftless and un- thrifty weekly payments will hardly be for their best good. To do well or i'll the work man will realize is matter of individual education or inclination The State places everyone on the same basis. The following is the text of the bill passed by the Senate and the House. In the second section the words ''such as" after Ito" and "as shall call at the usual place of payment for the same" after "employes" were inserted by amend nent:
 Section 1. Every corporation employing labor shall pay to its employees such compensation or wages as may be agreed upon once week; and such payment shall include all wages earned and unpaid up to the eighth cay preceding the day of payment, and no deduction from said wages shall be made on account of such weekly payment
 Sec ,. Every corporation which shall pay week ly to such of it's employees shall call at the usual place of payment for the 80 per cent of their estimated wages, earned and unpaid before the eighth day preceding the day of payment, making no discount on account of such weekly payment and shall pay once in each month and shall give notice of the in its printed rules and .regu- lations shall be exempt from the provisions of the first section of this act.
 Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit the sum of $50, onehaf to be paid to the State and the other half to the party that sues for the same.